Monday, October 6, 2014

Zoya Matte Velvet Swatch Session: They're Back!

Long time no see friends!!

So recently Zoya announced via Twitter that the Matte Velvets are coming back and sweet mercy this is EXCITING NEWS. The Matte Velvets are BEAUTIFUL polishes and not only that but you're getting 2 beautiful polishes for the price of one because they all also look beautiful with a shiny topcoat. I think they're all worth getting but I'm happy to show them off and let you decide for yourself!

Note: Zoya instructs that Matte Velvets should be worn without a top or base coat so as not to interfere with the matte finish. As matte polishes are almost always very pigmented, for all swatches I wore Zoya Anchor as a base coat to prevent staining and it did not noticeable impact the finish on Harlow, Savita, and Veruschka but Dovima, Loredana, and Posh were a bit satin-y when they dried. I used one coat of Zoya Armor for the top coat.

Dovima is described as a "smoky charcoal-black with strong silver shimmer." It is a beautiful rich black either matte or shiny, but when it is shiny the black has even more depth and the shimmer is stunning. I'm a big fan of black nail polish in all forms, and while it's not obvious, the fact that it's still black when matte is really lovely.
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Shiny:

Loredana is described as a "medium gunmetal grey, packed with silvery shimmer." This was hard to capture the difference between the matte and shiny versions. Matte it has a gorgeous gunmetal appearance, but the shimmer is resplendent when it's shiny.
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Shiny:

Posh is described as a "medium cool-toned wine red with metallic red shimmer." Do you see how beautiful it is? Matte the shimmer lends it a beautiful, rich tone, but shiny? Ugh it just glows.

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Shiny:

Harlow is described as a "rich, saturated rose plum packed with sparkling metallic shimmer." To be honest I wasn't super into this color when I first purchased it but after seeing it with topcoat that totally changed. The color is very pigmented matte, but it intensifies when shiny and the shimmer is amazing.

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Shiny:

Veruschka is described as a "deep evergreen garnished with strong metallic shimmer." This is another color I wasn't very interested in, but it's so beautiful when applied. Matte, it's so smooth and just gorgeous, and when it's shiny? It's a saturated metallic green. Even though it's an "evergreen" type of green, it has a bright quality to it that's lovely, matte or shiny.

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Shiny

Savita is described as a "bold, vibrant medium purple with strong red and gold shimmer." Honestly this is my favorite of all of the matte velvets. I don't even have words but matte or shiny my reaction is as follows: 😍 (that's the hearts for eyes emoji). But OH MY GOODNESS THIS NAIL POLISH THOUGH. It's beautiful matte, it's beautiful shiny it's just beautiful.

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Shiny:

And those are all the re-released matte velvets! I personally would recommend Dovima and Savita but they're all lovely. You can get them online along with a new matte velvet top coat! I also saw a full display of the Matte Velvets at my local Ulta over the weekend so I would imagine you should be able to pick them up anywhere Zoya is sold.

disclaimer: I purchased all of the polishes in this post for my own personal use.